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The importance of facility quality in early education

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At Development Centers' Winston Head Start program in northwest Detroit, a temperamental boiler kept staff on edge daily. When it broke down, parents scrambled for childcare, often days at a time.
"That boiler continued to impede our ability to provide high quality education for these children," says Sally Bond, director of development at Development Centers, a Head Start provider. "These children and families deserved better."

Resources

Aboriginal Infant Development

Aboriginal Infant Development Programs in British Columbia offer support to families of infants who are at risk for or...

Teaching Kids How To Cope With Their ‘Big Feelings’

Quick Fact

Early Childhood Education a worthwhile investment...

"If you compare the rate of return to investment in early childhood, what you find is the rate of return is as high as it is on portfolios held in the Dow Jones, between 1945 and 2005, before the meltdown. So what you're getting is a very high return from a purely business standpoint."
Nobel Prize winning economist James Heckman

Funding Opportunities

Community Gaming Grants Capital Projects FundingEligible organizations will have from August 1 until September 30, 2017, to submit their applications. Applications in the capital projects sector will be competitively adjudicated, with consideration also given to regional distribution, representation of the six community gaming grant sectors, project size and Aboriginal inclusion. Detailed eligibility criteria will be released in the summer.

Lifelong Connections Fund! The Lifelong Connections fund provides up to $4,500 to support events and activities that raise awareness of the need for permanency for Indigenous and Métis children and youth in foster care. All Indigenous and Métis organizations in BC who provide child and family services can apply! Click here for further information. Application deadline is September 13th, 2017.o What is "permanency"? When kids can’t live with their family, they need other adults to step in and provide permanency for them. Permanency means a child or youth has a secure place in a family and a lifelong commitment from at least one adult who can offer them love, guidance, a sense of belonging, and a connection to their culture and heritage. Sometimes permanency means legal adoption (including Aboriginal custom adoption), permanent guardianship, moral adoption, or a significant lifelong relationship with a relative or family friend.

Vancity Social enterprise grants. "Experience tells us that sometimes social enterprises need grant support as well as financing, in order to progress from concept to growth. That’s why we provide grants for eligible social enterprises operated by not-for-profit organizations, co-operatives or First Nations/Métis government organizations". Learn more about the grant programs: http://www.vancity.com/AboutVancity/InvestingInCommunities/Grants/GrowingTheSocialEconomy/

Now Closed: Success By 6, South Vancouver Island Community Grants are now open! Applications are due at 4pm on June 23rd. Find the Application and Funding Criteria under the PDF section or email Lisa Fenton, Regional Coordinator at successby6svi@gmail.com.